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CRFQ NO : 1000274138
BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED LOBP TONDIARPET, CHENNAI
35, VAIDYANATHAN STREET, TONDIARPET, CHENNAI – 600 081 Tel : 044 25952386, 25986249
NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER FOR THE JOB OF
HOUSEKEEPING AND GARDENING ACTIVITIES AT LUBE OIL BLENDING PLANT, TONDIARPET, CHENNAI
Tender CRFQ No. 1000274138
Tender Name E-Tender for “HOUSEKEEPING AND GARDENING
ACTIVITIES” AT LUBE OIL BLENDING PLANT,
TONDIARPET CHENNAI
The address of the plant where the Service to be
delivered
M/s. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Lube
Oil Blending Plant, No.35, Vaidyanathan Street,
Tondiarpet, Chennai – 600 081
Due date & time for submission of bids 18.02.2017 by 11:00 AM
Date & time of opening of bids 18.02.2017 at 11:30 AM
Period of Contract 3 years effective 01.04.2017
Pre-bid meeting for clarification on tender conditions will be conducted at our office at above mentioned address
10.02.2017 at 2:00 PM
Contact Person Sr Manager Operations (Lubes), Tondiarpet Phone : 044 25952386, 25986249
You are invited to submit your bid for “Contract for HOUSEKEEPING AND GARDENING ACTIVITIES AT LUBE OIL
BLENDING PLANT, TONDIARPET.”
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JOB NAME “HOUSEKEEPING AND GARDENING ACTIVITIES” at Lube oil blending plant, Tondiarpet INTRODUCTION E-bids are invited from eligible tenderers for the job of HOUSEKEEPING AND GARDENING ACTIVITIES at Lube Oil blending plant at Tondiarpet, Chennai. Please visit our website https://bpcleproc.in for participating in the tender and submit your bids online. INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS
Tender is to be submitted online only at https://bpcleproc.in. The bids received in any other form shall not be accepted.
Due date & time of submission of tender : 18.02.2017 by 11:00 AM
Date & time of opening of bid : 18.02.2017 at 11:30 AM
Tenderer submitting / uploading tender documents through digitally signed certificate shall be construed
as their complete agreement with the terms and conditions and that they have fully understood the tender documents. The price bid is to be filled online on website https://bpcleproc.in
As a pre-requisite for participation in the tender, bidders are required to obtain a valid Digital Signature Certificate of Class IIB and above as per Indian IT Act from the licensed Certifying Authorities operation under the Root Certifying Authority of India (RCIA) Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA). The cost of obtaining such Digital Signature Certificate shall be borne by the bidder. In case any tenderer so desires, he/she may contact our e-procurement service provider M/s. E-Procurement Technologies Ltd (EPTL), at their contact no. in Chennai : 044-26142669 / Mr. Raghuvelan (Mob.: 90430 34311) for obtaining Digital Signature Certificate.
Corrigendum /amendment, if any, shall be published on the e-procurement site https://bpcleproc.in. In
case any corrigendum/ amendment is issued after the submission of the bid, then such tenderers who have submitted their bids, shall be intimated about the corrigendum/amendment by an auto-generated email. No written communication will be circulated. It shall be assumed that the information contained therein has been taken into account by the tenderer. They have the choice of making changes in their bid before the due date and time.
Tenderers are required to submit their bid online on or before the due date and time of closing of the
tender as depicted in this document. Tenderers shall have to log on to the website (https://bpcleproc.in) for submitting their bid. The system time (IST) that will be displayed on e- Procurement web page shall be the time considered for determining the expiry of due date and time of the tender and no other time shall be taken into cognizance. Tenderers are advised in their own interest to ensure that their bids are submitted in e-Procurement system well before the closing date and time of bid. If the tenderer intends to change/revise the bid already entered, he may do so any number of times till the due date and time of submission deadline. However, no bid can be modified after the deadline for submission of bids. Once the entire process of submission of online bid is complete, the tenderers are required to go to option ‘own bid view’ through dashboard and take the print of the envelope receipt as a proof of submitted bid.
Bids / Offers shall not be permitted in e-procurement system after the due date /time of tender. Hence,
no bid can be submitted after the due date and time of submission has elapsed.
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No manual bids/offers along with electronic bids/offers shall be permitted.
Once the bids are opened, vendors can view the rates quoted by all the participating bidders in the e-procurement site.
No responsibility will be taken by BPCL and/or the e-procurement service provider for any delay due to
connectivity and availability of website. They shall not have any liability to tenderers for any interruption or delay in access to the site irrespective of the cause. It is advisable that tenderers who are not well conversant with e-tendering procedures, start filling up the tenders much before the due date /time so that there is sufficient time available with him/her to acquaint with all the steps and seek help if they so require. Even for those who are conversant with this type of e-tendering, it is suggested to complete all the activities ahead of time. It should be noted that the individual bid becomes viewable only after the opening of the bid on/after the due date and time. Please be reassured that your bid will be viewable only to you and nobody else till the due date/ time of the tender opening. The non availability of viewing before due date and time is true for e-tendering service provider as well as BPCL officials.
BPCL and/or the e-procurement service provider shall not be responsible for any direct or indirect loss or
damages and or consequential damages, arising out of the bidding process including but not limited to systems problems, inability to use the system, loss of electronic information etc.
The bidders shall be deemed to have visited the site and familiarized themselves thoroughly with the site and working conditions before submitting the tender. Vendors may attend Pre-bid meet for clarification on tender conditions at our office on 10.02.2017 at 2:00 PM.
Offers received after due date and time will not be entertained. Any offer received that is not adhering to
the terms & conditions and other clauses of tender is liable for rejection. The offer should be complete in all respects. The corporation reserves the right to reject such offers without assigning any reason.
The address of the plant where the service to be delivered :
M/s. BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED LUBE OIL BLENDING PLANT NO.35 VAIDYANATHAN STREET TONDIARPET, CHENNAI – 600 081 PHONE NO: 044-25986249, 25952386
The employees by the vendor shall ensure the smooth and trouble free operations. No child labour is
permitted.
Strict adherence to HSSE and Plant operation practices shall be ensured by the employees of the vendor. Non compliance shall attract penal action and in case of recurring non-compliance, the contract shall be terminated
Personal Protective Equipments (PPE) namely Safety shoes, helmet, uniforms and hand gloves, etc. shall
be provided to employees at the vendor’s cost. Use of PPEs shall be ensured in the work area at all times.
Cost of Loss of production due to negligence or absenteeism of the staff employed by the vendor, shall be debited to the vendor.
Vendor shall be liable for any loss / accident to company property/personnel due to negligent or unsafe
operations.
The contractor shall be ready to commence operation at Lube Oil Blending Plant from the date of commencement of contract.
BPCL reserves the right to accept any tender in whole or part or reject any or all offers without assigning
any reason to the tenderer.
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In case of any discrepancy, inconsistency, error or omission in tender documents, the tenderer shall bring it to the notice of BPCL for necessary clarification before submission of bid. No claim shall be entertained after the due date & time for submission of the tender.
L1 shall be decided on the basis of total cash outflow for the entire contract period.
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ANNEXURE A
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
INTRODUCTION & SCOPE OF WORK
BPCL, Tondiarpet Lube Plant is one of the major Lube blending and filling plants of BPCL catering to the
market demand of Southern India. The Lube Oil Blending Plant consists
a. Admin Building
b. Filling Area where filling of small pack, pails, barrels etc are done
c. Warehousing of filled SKUs
d. Stacking of empty containers and packing materials inside plant and godowns
e. Storage of empty/filled/scrap barrels in closed shed/open yard
f. Tank farm area for bulk Base oil, Finished product & Additive .
g. Tank lorry (Base oil, Finished Bulk and Additive) loading/unloading gan tries,
h. Blending area (blending kettles are maintained)
i. Gardens maintained inside the plant premises
Filling and packing of Lubricants in various Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) is a major activity of LOBP TNP. This
activity is performed by various filling/packing machines installed at ‘A’ godown, ‘B’ godown and ‘C’ godown
in our plant and filled SKU’s, barrels and greases are stacked in other covered godowns.
To keep the Plant neat and clean, orderly and effective housekeeping is required. This can eliminate workplace
hazards and help get the job done safely and effectively. We need to maintain hygienic atmosphere in the plant
every day.
SCOPE OF WORK Vendor to do the house keeping activities of the following facilities
a) The vendor should engage adequate no. of persons every day including supervisor/s.
b) Surrounding areas of all Lubricants go-downs namely, Grease Godown, A godown, B godown, C
godown, Lube Export Go-down and empty barrel godowns.
c) All godowns Interiors
d) All approach roads to lube plant
e) Base oil , finished products, Bulk additive gantries
f) Lubricants admin facilities - Office, Record room & Labour rest room.
g) All filling machines & Blending kettles areas
h) All Toilets in Lube plant & including toilet near to FW tank.
i) LOBP control room, Mezzanine floor, Pre-mix tanks surroundings and Pipelines.
j) Tanks farms, Pump houses
k) Regular cleaning of the Drains connected and in/around lube plant.
l) Removal of garbage from the lube plant as per the instruction of Officer-In-Charge and disposing it
outside the premises of lube plant, adhering to the State government and Pollution Control Board
Norms.
m) Timely removal of garbage from the plant is a must. Failure of the same may invite punitive actions as
decided by the Plant Manager.
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n) Cleaning of used sample bottles collected from LAB.
o) Thorough cleaning of office room with soap solution and drying the floors at least once a week should
be performed.
p) Vendor to bring and bear the cost of all housekeeping materials used for cleaning activities including
sawdust, cotton waste, Soap solution etc.
q) Maintaining adequate water stock and ensure water supply all the time in wash rooms.
r) Vendor has to ensure drinking water level to be maintained.
s) Any other work related to housekeeping in the plant
t) Providing assistance for meeting arrangements
The vendor is also to carry out the Gardening activities
a. Watering of all the plants inside the plant premises as per requirement
b. Removal of grass and unwanted weeds/waste materials from the garden areas
c. Removal of grass in the tank farm areas
d. Maintaining fertility of garden by adding manure/fresh soils periodically
e. Cutting the overgrown plant section and maintaining aesthetic looks of garden
Shift Timings: 1st Shift : 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM 2nd Shift : 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM General Shift : 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
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ANNEXURE - B
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
I. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. Successful bidder shall submit Security Deposit of Rs. 1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh only) in the form of
Demand Draft in favour of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited payable at Chennai or Bank Guarantee. The
Corporation reserves its rights to adjust the security deposit fully or in part in lieu of unpaid dues payable to
the Corporation by the Vendor or unpaid dues towards any statutory compliance or amounts payable by the
Vendor to any of its contract labour(s) for the period of their engagement at the Plant. In case of pendency of
any dispute related to such non-payment / less payment of wages or non-compliance of statutory obligations
by the Vendor which may possibly result into financial liabilities for the Corporation, the Corporation reserves
its right to withhold the amount payable to the contractor or such security deposit. On expiry of contract, the
security deposit shall be refunded to the vendor subject to submitting self declaration of compliance of all
statutory provisions.
3. In case 20 or more contract labour are required to be engaged by the Vendor at the establishment of the
Corporation on any given day, such engagement shall be done by obtaining requisite License under the
Contract Labour (R&A) Act, 1970 from the appropriate authority.
4. The vendor shall provide signed copies, of appointment letters (on letter head), issued to and duly
acknowledged by each of the contract labour to be deployed at the establishment of the Corporation, for
security purposes. Further, police verification is mandatory for all employees of the vendor.
5. The vendor shall provide a list of its contract labour(s) to be deployed at the establishment along with their
personal details and photographs, on its letter head, for issuance of appropriate Temporary Entry Passes (TEPs).
The vendor shall ensure that its contract labour collect / deposit the said Temporary Entry Passes at the Security
gate while entering / leaving the establishment. Any change in the particulars of contract labour deployed by
the Vendor should be brought to the notice of the Management, along with personal details and photographs of
any new contract labour to be deployed, for issuance of appropriate TEP’s.
6. In case the Corporation feels that the contractor has deployed incompetent workmen, the contractor shall
be liable for penalty as per the Penalty Clause. The contractor is also obliged to carry out the required jobs
engaging labour meeting required minimum competencies. The contractor on any given day should engage
adequate number of persons to ensure timely completion of job. The Contractor shall ensure that the contract
labour employed by the vendor shall follow the prescribed safety precautions at the workplace.
7. The vendor be responsible for providing their employees with :
i) PPE such as safety shoes, hard hats, helmets, hand gloves, etc. as specified by BPCL. ii) Uniform as specified by BPCL at the Contractor’s cost. iii) Minimum wages/ ESI/EPF as per local rules
8. The Vendor shall submit copies of Form 6A (EPF—Annual return) by 30th April of the year and Form 6 (ESI –
six-monthly returns) by 31st May and 30th November. The monthly bill should be submitted along with proof of
submission of challan towards EPF and ESI contributions for the previous month together with respective ECR
(Electronic Challan cum Return). Any short payment and/or nonpayment of statutory contributions in respect
of contract labour noticed during the course of the contract shall be compensated by the vendor, including
penalty. In the event of failure to do so, the Corporation reserves its right to deduct any such amount equivalent
to such short payment from the payables to the Contractor or security deposit.
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9. The vendor shall indemnify the Corporation against any losses caused / incurred due to such or any acts
committed by it or its representatives, which are against the interest of the company in the course of contract
or afterwards.
10. The vendor shall make regular and full payments of wages as per latest applicable rates of Minimum Wages, and any other payments due to its contract labour, employed under the aforesaid contract and furnish necessary proof for the same. The contractor will have to submit proof of remittance of wages to the contract labour with effect from month of January’16 by submitting a ‘bank account money transfer statement’. 11. The Vendor shall, on a monthly basis, submit to the Corporation, attested copies of Attendance Register /
Muster Roll and Wage Register, in respect of its contract labour engaged at the establishment. The contractor
shall produce all the documents pertaining to statutory compliance, as and when, sought by the Corporation.
The contractor shall furnish copies of the documents of such statutory compliance, every month. The contractor
shall comply with the provisions of all applicable Acts and Rules such as The Contract Labour (R&A) Act, 1970,
The Employees Provident Fund and Misc. Provisions Act,1952, The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948, The
Payment of Wages Act, 1936, The Minimum Wages Act,1948, The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, The Payment
of Bonus Act, 1965, and other statutory rules, regulations with their latest amendments, bye-laws applicable
or which may be applicable at Chennai, Tamil Nadu state with regard to the performance of the work included
in this contract from time to time and take such necessary steps as may be deemed necessary in this regard.
The vendor shall keep the Corporation indemnified against all penalties, claims and liabilities arising out of
violation of such Acts, laws or Regulations etc. by it or its employees.
On expiry of contract, the vendor shall be responsible for payment of corresponding amount to the labour
engaged by him as per the formula specified in the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. Acknowledgement of such
payment shall be submitted to the Corporation.
12. It shall be entirely the responsibility of the vendor to ensure that their employees do not indulge in any
unlawful act, while on duty. In case of any loss to the Corporation’s property due to negligence or carelessness
of the contract labour deployed by the vendor, the vendor shall indemnify the Corporation for the same. In
case the vendor defaults in such compensation, the Corporation shall deduct the same from the amounts due
to the vendor.
13. The Vendor shall be solely responsible for settling / resolving any dispute / claim of their contract labour
during the pendency or after completion of the contract.
14. The Vendor shall not sub-contract the whole or any part of this contract to another person or vendor.
15. The vendor should carry out the police verification of the labour engaged for the job and the documents/
proofs of the same shall be submitted to BPCL.
16. The age of the contract labour engaged for the job shall not exceed 60 years. Employment of Child Labour
& women is strictly prohibited.
17. Vendor shall provide medical fitness certificate, from registered medical practitioner, for all their
employees to be engaged for the job.
18. The rates quoted against this tender shall be valid for 180 days from the date of opening of the tender.
Earnest Money Deposit (EMD): Not applicable
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II. PERIOD OF CONTRACT
The period of the contract shall be 3 years from 01.04.2017 to 31.03.2020.
III. CANCELLATION / TERMINATION OF CONTRACT
1. If, at any time during the period of the contract, it is observed by the Corporation or by any authorized
representative(s) that the services rendered by the vendor / their employees, are not satisfactory or in violation
of any terms of the contract, the Corporation reserves the right to summarily terminate the contract, without
any notice or compensation thereof.
2. The Corporation reserves right to terminate the contract by giving one month’s notice in writing without
assigning any reason whatsoever. For all disputes relating to this contract, Arbitration clause as enclosed will
be applicable.
3. The act of vendor not disbursing the minimum wages timely and or discounting / evading payment would
lead to termination of the contract.
IV. PAYMENT TERMS
a) The vendor shall submit bills to BPCL by the 5th day of the following month. Payment shall be made on 15th
day from the date of submission of bill.
b) The rate quoted by the vendor & mutually agreed upon between BPCL and the vendor shall be applicable
for the entire period of contract. There shall be no escalation/de escalation in the finalised rates.
c) The Corporation shall make mandatory deductions, i.e., applicable taxes, etc. from the payment due to
the vendor at the applicable rates notified from time to time.
V. PENALTY CLAUSE
Liquidated Damages would be recovered from the monthly bills of the vendorr towards non-performing or
underperforming of various activities covered under the scope of the contract. The extent of non performance
or underperformance will be based on the indicative throughput for production and shall be limited to recovery
of 5% of the monthly bill amount. In case of loss of product due to negligence, cost of the product shall be
recovered from the vendor.
VI. RISK PURCHASE
1. In case of non-performance of contractual obligations, the Corporation is entitled to engage the services of
any other vendor at the risk and cost of the vendor.
2. In case of non-compliance of contractual obligations and also in case of any damages, breakages or loss or
theft to the building, fittings, assets and equipments attributable to staff or labour deployed by the vendor,
the vendor shall be responsible for repairing / replacing the same at their cost, failing which the actual cost
incurred towards repair / replacement with appropriate penalty shall be recovered by the Corporation.
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VII. SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF TENDER
a) The vendor shall not engage any person below the age of eighteen years. b) Vendor shall submit copy of the recent registration certificate issued by the municipality, Labour
Commissioner, ESI, EPF & Service Tax etc. as the case may be. c) Vendor shall furnish a declaration that no dues are pending to be paid on account of EPF/ESI and no violation
was noted by Labour Enforcement Authorities and that the vendor shall abide by the provisions of Contract Labour Regulation and Abolition Act and as amended from time to time.
d) A copy of the Service Tax Registration certificate shall be submitted by the vendor.
VIII. REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONTRACTOR
The vendor shall, within 10 days of execution of the contract / agreement, furnish details of names / addresses
/ photos of representatives / supervisor /labour to be deployed for the services to the Corporation. Any change
in the above, shall be intimated to the Corporation.
IX. SUB CONTRACTING
The vendor shall not assign, sub contract or subject the whole or any part of the works covered by the contract
or any benefit thereof.
X. OTHER CONDITIONS
a. The vendorr shall arrange sufficient manpower during working hours, to carry out the job entrusted to him.
The contractor, on any given day, shall engage adequate number of labour to ensure timely completion of job.
Failure to do so amounts to breach of contract, which may entail BPCL to terminate the contract or take any
other action as per terms and conditions of the contract/tender.
b. The vendor shall note that their labour are engaged on a contract basis and for all practical purposes, are
employees of the contractor only and that they shall not be entitled for any of the privileges and benefits
available to the employees of BPCL. The labour so deployed, shall have no claim, directly or indirectly for
regular employment or service conditions and any other benefit available to the employees of BPCL.
c. The vendor shall be fully responsible in all respect in case of injuries / accidents to their employees, while
on duty.
d. The vendor shall provide their labour with proper uniforms, identity cards and other accessories as deem fit
for effective working.
e. The labour engaged for the job, shall be of good health, good conduct and shall be competent for the
contracted job.
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ANNEXURE- C
CERTIFICATE FROM CONTRACTOR (in letter head)
I hereby certify that – 1. I am not related to any of the Directors of BPCL. 2. I am not a partner of a firm in which BPCL director is also a partner. 3. I am not a partner of a firm in which any other partner is related to BPCL Director. I also certify that M/s. ___________________________________________ (name of the bidder) does not have a partner, who is a Director of BPCL or his relative.
Organization
Name
Designation
Signature & Stamp / Seal
Date & Place
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DECLARATION I,………………………… Son/Daughter/Wife of Shri……………………………Proprietor /Director / Partner of M/s. ……………………………………………….. do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under: 1) that I am the sole Proprietor / Partner / Director of M/s……………………………………………………………………………………………… 2) that I state and declare that the above Firm / Company M/s……………………………………………………………………………………………… has never been debarred and / or blacklisted any of State Government / Public Sector Unit / Public Bodies / Municipalities / any Enforcement Authority. In case, the above declaration is found to be incorrect or wrong, the contract if awarded to the firm shall be liable to blacklisted / debarred for future works / contract with BPCL. Signature of the Proprietor / Partner / Director Shri / Smt. / Miss Note: The Signatory shall not affect any variation in the text of declaration. Declaration in any other form will not be accepted.
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ANNEXURE D
DRAFT AGREEMENT FOR contract for HOUSEKEEPING AND GARDENING ACTIVITIES AT LUBE OIL BLENDING
PLANT, TONDIARPET
THIS AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made and entered into as of this day ….. From …. Between:
1. BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED, a Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956
and having its registered office at BHARAT BHAVAN 4 & 6 CURRIMBHOY ROAD BALLARD ESTATE MUMBAI 400001
Maharashtra India ("BPCL") and
2. Party Name: M/s. (hereinafter called as Vendor).
3. WHEREAS:
(A) BPCL is engaged in refining Crude oil and storing, distributing and selling of the petroleum products like
MS, HSD, LPG, Lubricants, Aviation Turbine Fuel, Solvents, etc. The products are distributed through wide
network of outlets, distributors, channel partners, etc., besides supplying directly to industries, airline
companies.
(B) M/s. ….. (Vendor) is engaged in the business of XXXXXXXXXX
(C) BPCL, Tondiarpet Lube Plant is one of the major Lube blending and filling plants of BPCL catering to
the market demand of Southern India. There are various peripheral and/or non core activities for production
and filling of lubricants. All these jobs are unskilled jobs and do not require any skilled workmanship.
(D) M/s. Vendor willing to offer their services for “HOUSEKEEPING AND GARDENING AT LUBE OIL
BLENDING PLANT, TONDIARPET”
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1 - DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Agreement, including the Exhibits hereto, except as otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Section – I, shall have the meanings herein
assigned to them and any capitalized terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement by inclusion in quotation
marks and parentheses, shall have the meanings so ascribed to them.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than weekly off day, public or national holiday
"India" shall mean the Republic of India.
"Plant operations” shall mean various allied and/or peripheral jobs carried out therein for production of
lubricants, for storage and sale as per the market demand. Peripheral activity includes all those jobs that are
unskilled in nature, for production of lubricant products meeting the required specifications and as may be
amended or supplemented by BPCL from time to time.
"Person" shall mean any individual, Corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company,
limited liability company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or governmental body.
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"Plant" shall mean
BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD., Tondiarpet Lubes Plant, 35, Vaidyanathan Street, Tondiarpet, Chennai 600081
“Charges” shall mean the charges payable by BPCL to the Vendor for the performance of the services as
described in tender and in accordance with this Agreement
"Term" shall mean the period starting on the …… and ending at midnight on the … on which this Agreement for
whatever reason terminates or expires.
WHERAS the vendor is desirous of carrying out work of Providing Services for HOUSEKEEPING AND GARDENING
ACTIVITIES at Lube oil blending plant, Tondiarpet.
WHEREAS the Corporation has agreed to appoint the vendor as per the terms and conditions hereinafter
recorded NOW IN THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH AND IT IS HEREBY AGREED by and the parties hereto as follows:-
The vendor shall be bound by all the terms and conditions laid out in the Tender Enquiry and letter of intent
Section 2 - DURATION
2.1 This Agreement shall be for a term of three years effective for the period 01.04.2017 to 31.03.2020.
This agreement may be terminated as per the Termination Clause stated in the Tender document.
2.2 Termination of this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof shall not prejudice the terminating
party's rights against the other party accrued prior to the date of termination.
Section 3 - SCOPE OF WORK
Vendor shall carry out HOUSEKEEPING AND GARDENING ACTIVITIES as detailed below
SCOPE OF WORK
The Lube Oil Blending Plant consists of
a. Admin Building
b. Filling Area where filling of small pack, pails, barrels etc are done
c. Warehousing of filled SKUs
d. Stacking of empty containers and packing materials inside plant and godowns
e. Storage of empty/filled/scrap barrels in closed shed/open yard
f. Tank farm area for bulk Base oil, Finished product & Additive .
g. Tank lorry (Base oil, Finished Bulk and Additive) loading/unlo ading gantries,
h. Blending area (blending kettles are maintained)
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i . Gardens maintained inside the plant premises
Vendor to do the house keeping activities of the following facilities
The vendor should engage adequate no. of persons every day including supervisor/s.
a. Surrounding areas of all Lubricants go-downs namely, Grease Godown, A godown, B godown, C
godown, Lube Export Go-down and empty barrel godowns, etc.
b. All godowns Interiors
c. All approach roads to lube plant
d. Base oil , finished products, Bulk additive gantries
e. Lubricants admin facilities - Office, Record room & Labour rest room.
f. All filling machines & Blending kettles areas
g. All Toilets in Lube plant & including toilet near to FW tank.
h. LOBP control room, Mezzanine floor, Pre-mix tanks surroundings and Pipelines.
i. Tanks farms, Pump houses
j. Regular cleaning of the Drains connected and in/around lube plant.
k. Removal of garbage from the lube plant as per the instruction of Officer-In-Charge and disposing it
outside the premises of lube plant, adhering to the State government and Pollution Control Board
Norms.
l. Timely removal of garbage from the plant is a must. Failure of the same may invite punitive actions as
decided by the Plant Manager.
m. Cleaning of used sample bottles collected from LAB.
n. Thorough cleaning of office room with soap solution and drying the floors at least once a week should
be performed.
o. Vendor to bring and bear the cost of all housekeeping materials used for cleaning activities including
p. sawdust, cotton waste, Soap solution etc.
q. Maintaining adequate water stock and ensure water supply all the time in wash rooms .
r. Vendor has to ensure drinking water level to be maintained.
s. Any other work related to housekeeping in the plant
t. Providing assistance for meeting arrangements
The vendor is also to carry out the Gardening activities
a. Watering of all the plants inside the plant premises as per requirement
b. Removal of grass and unwanted weeds/waste materials from the garden areas
c. Removal of grass in the tank farm areas
d. Maintaining fertility of garden by adding manure/fresh soils periodically
e. Cutting the overgrown plant section and maintaining aesthetic looks of garden
Shift Timings: 1st Shift : 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM 2nd Shift : 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM General Shift : 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
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Section 4 - TERMS AND CONDITIONS
GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS
1. The vendor, as and when required, shall place sufficient manpower for the job. Personal Protective
Equipment (PPEs) such as safety shoes, hard hats, helmets, uniforms, hand gloves etc. shall be provided by the
vendor to their employees, while at work in the plant premises.
Failure to provide minimum manpower as per the requirement will attract penal action as per penalty and risk
purchase clauses of the tender.
2. Vendor shall ensure that their employees comply with all safety rules and regulations at all times and wear
PPEs as stated above, while working in the plant. The contractor shall issue proper identity badges to their
employees.
3. The vendor shall provide a list of its contract labour(s) to be deployed at the establishment along with their
personal details and photographs, on its letter head, for issuance of appropriate Temporary Entry Passes (TEPs).
The vendor shall ensure that its contract labour collect / deposit the said Temporary Entry Passes at the Security
gate while entering / leaving the establishment. Any change in the particulars of contract labour deployed by
the Vendor should be brought to the notice of the Management, along with personal details and photographs of
any new contract labour to be deployed, for issuance of appropriate TEP’s.
4. In case the Corporation feels that the contractor has deployed incompetent workmen, the vendor shall be
liable for penalty as per the Penalty Clause. The vendor is also obliged to carry out the required jobs engaging
labour meeting required minimum competencies. The vendor on any given day should engage adequate number
of persons to ensure timely completion of job. The vendor shall ensure that the contract labour employed by
the vendor shall follow the prescribed safety precautions at the workplace.
5. The vendor shall be responsible for providing their employees with :
i) PPE such as safety shoes, hard hats, helmets, hand gloves, etc. as specified by BPCL. ii) Uniform as specified by BPCL at the Contractor’s cost. iii) Minimum wages/ ESI/EPF as per local rules
6. The Vendor shall submit copies of Form 6A (EPF—Annual return) by 30th April of the year and Form 6 (ESI –
six-monthly returns) by 31st May and 30th November. The monthly bill should be submitted along with proof of
submission of challan towards EPF and ESI contributions for the previous month together with respective ECR
(Electronic Challan cum Return). Any short payment and/or nonpayment of statutory contributions in respect
of contract labour noticed during the course of the contract shall be compensated by the vendor, including
penalty. In the event of failure to do so, the Corporation reserves its right to deduct any such amount equivalent
to such short payment from the payables to the Contractor or security deposit.
7. The vendor shall indemnify the Corporation against any losses caused / incurred due to such or any acts
committed by it or its representatives, which are against the interest of the company in the course of contract
or afterwards.
8. The vendor shall make regular and full payments of wages as per latest applicable rates of Minimum Wages, and any other payments due to its contract labour, employed under the aforesaid contract and furnish necessary proof for the same. The vendor will have to submit proof of remittance of wages to the contract labour with effect from month of January’16 by submitting a ‘bank account money transfer statement’. 9. The Vendor shall, on a monthly basis, submit to the Corporation, attested copies of Attendance Register /
Muster Roll and Wage Register, in respect of its contract labour engaged at the establishment. The vendor shall
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produce all the documents pertaining to statutory compliance, as and when, sought by the Corporation. The
vendor shall furnish copies of the documents of such statutory compliance, every month. The vendor shall
comply with the provisions of all applicable Acts and Rules such as The Contract Labour (R&A) Act, 1970, The
Employees Provident Fund and Misc. Provisions Act,1952, The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948, The
Payment of Wages Act, 1936, The Minimum Wages Act,1948, The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, The Payment
of Bonus Act, 1965, and other statutory rules, regulations with their latest amendments, bye-laws applicable
or which may be applicable at Chennai, Tamil Nadu state with regard to the performance of the work included
in this contract from time to time and take such necessary steps as may be deemed necessary in this regard.
The vendor shall keep the Corporation indemnified against all penalties, claims and liabilities arising out of
violation of such Acts, laws or Regulations etc. by it or its employees.
On expiry of contract, the vendor shall be responsible for payment of corresponding amount to the labour
engaged by him as per the formula specified in the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. Acknowledgement of such
payment shall be submitted to the Corporation.
10. It shall be the sole responsibility of the vendor to ensure that their employees do not indulge in any unlawful
act, while on duty. In case of any loss to the Corporation’s property due to negligence or carelessness of the
contract labour deployed by the vendor, the vendor shall indemnify the Corporation for the same. In case the
vendor defaults in such compensation, the Corporation shall deduct the same from the amounts due to the
vendor.
11. The Vendor shall be solely responsible for settling / resolving any dispute / claim of their contract labour
during the pendency or after completion of the contract.
12. The Vendor shall not sub-contract the whole or any part of this contract to another person or vendor.
13. The vendor should carry out the police verification of the labour engaged for the job and the documents/
proofs of the same shall be submitted to BPCL.
14. The age of the contract labour engaged for the job shall not exceed 60 years. Employment of Child Labour
or women is strictly prohibited.
15. Vendor shall provide medical fitness certificate, from registered medical practitioner, for all their
employees to be engaged for the job.
Section 5 - CANCELLATION / TERMINATION OF CONTRACT
1. If, at any time during the period of the contract, it is observed by the Corporation or by any authorized
representative(s) that the services rendered by the vendor / their employees, are not satisfactory or in violation
of any terms of the contract, the Corporation reserves the right to summarily terminate the contract, without
any notice or compensation thereof.
2. The Corporation reserves right to terminate the contract by giving one month’s notice in writing without
assigning any reason whatsoever.
3. The act of vendor not disbursing the minimum wages timely and or discounting / evading payment would
lead to termination of the contract.
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Section 6 - PAYMENT TERMS
a) 15 days from the date of submission of bills.
b) The rate quoted by the vendor & mutually agreed upon between BPCL and the vendor shall be firm for the
entire period of contract.
c) The Corporation shall make mandatory deductions, i.e., applicable taxes, etc. from the payment due to
the vendor at the applicable rates notified from time to time.
Section 7 - PENALTY CLAUSE
Liquidated Damages would be recovered from the monthly bills of the vendor towards non-performing or
underperforming of various activities covered under the scope of the contract. The extent of non performance
or underperformance will be based on the indicative throughput for production and shall be limited to recovery
of 5% of the monthly bill amount. In case of loss of product due to negligence, cost of the product shall be
recovered from the vendor.
Section 8 - RISK PURCHASE
1. In case of non-performance of contractual obligations, the Corporation is entitled to engage the services of
any other vendor at the risk and cost of the vendor.
2. In case of non-compliance of contractual obligations and also in case of any damages, breakages or loss or
theft to the building, fittings, assets and equipments attributable to staff or labour deployed by the vendor,
the vendor shall be responsible for repairing / replacing the same at their cost, failing which the actual cost
incurred towards repair / replacement with appropriate penalty shall be recovered by the Corporation.
Section 9 - SUB CONTRACTING
The vendor shall not assign, sub contract or subject the whole or any part of the works covered by the contract or any benefit thereof.
Section 10 - OTHER CONDITIONS
a. The vendor shall arrange sufficient manpower to carry out the job entrusted to him. The vendor, on any
given day, shall engage adequate number of labour to ensure timely completion of job. Failure to do so amounts
to breach of contract, which may entail BPCL to take action as per terms and conditions of the contract.
b. The vendor shall note that their labour are engaged on a contract basis and for all practical purposes, are
employees of the contractor only and that they shall not be entitled for any of the privileges and benefits
available to the employees of BPCL. The labour so deployed, shall have no claim, directly or indirectly for
regular employment or service conditions and any other benefit available to the employees of BPCL.
c. The vendor shall be fully responsible in all respect in case of injuries / accidents to their employees, while
on duty.
d. The vendor shall provide their labour with proper uniforms, identity cards and other accessories as deem fit
for effective working.
e. The labour engaged for the job, shall be of good health, good conduct and shall be competent for the
contracted job.
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Section 11 - HEALTH SAFETY SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENT POLICY
The vendor shall comply with the following, as applicable to BPCL Tondiarpet.
HSSE Policy of BPCL Tondiarpet Fire Order of the plant Work permit system
Section 12 - FORCE MAJEURE CLAUSE
If at any time during the continuance of the this Agreement, the performance in whole or part by either party of any obligation under the this Agreement Order shall be prevented or delayed by reason of any war, hostility, act of public enmity, civil commotion, sabotage, fires, floods, explosions epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, lockouts or Acts of God (hereinafter referred as event), then provided notice of happening of any such event is given by either party to the other within twenty one days from the date of occurrences thereof, neither party shall by reasons of such event be entitled to terminate this contract nor shall either party have any claim for damage against the other in respect of such non-performance. Deliveries under this Agreement Order shall be resumed as soon as practicable after such event has come to an end or ceased to exist and decision of Head Lubes SBU, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., as to whether the deliveries have been so resumed or not, shall be final and conclusive. Provided further that the performance in whole or part of any obligation under the contract is prevented/delayed by reason of any such event specified above for period exceeding sixty days, either party may at their option terminate this Agreement. The performance of the respective obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall be resumed as soon such calamities, which have resulted in the non-performance, cease to occur. Section 13 - ARBITRATION CLAUSE
a. Any dispute or difference of any nature whatsoever, any claim, gross-claim or set off the Corporation against
the Vendor regarding any right, liability, act, omission on account of any of the parties hereto arising out of or
in relation to this agreement shall be referred to the Sole Arbitration of the Director (Marketing) of the
Corporation or to an Officer of the Corporation who may be nominated by Director (Marketing). The Vendor will
not be entitled to raise any objection to any such Arbitrator on the ground that the Arbitrator is an Officer of
the Corporation or that he has dealt with the matters to which the contract relates or that in the course of his
duties as an Officer of the Corporation, he had expressed views on all or any other matters in dispute or
difference. In the event of Arbitrator to whom the matter is originally referred, being transferred or vacating
his office or being unable to act for any reason, the Director (Marketing) as aforesaid, at the time of such
transfer, vacation of office, or inability to act, may as per his discretion, designate another person to act as
Arbitrator in accordance with the terms of the agreement to the end and intent that the original Arbitrator
shall be entitled to continue the arbitration proceedings notwithstanding his transfer or vacation of office as
an Officer of the Corporation if the Director (Marketing) does not designate another person to act as Arbitrator
on such transfer, vacation of office or inability of original Arbitrator. Such person shall be entitled to proceed
with the reference from the point at which it was left by his predecessor. It is also a term of this contract that
no person other than the Director (Marketing) or a person nominated by such Director (Marketing) of the
Corporation as aforesaid, shall act as Arbitrator hereunder. The award of the Arbitrator so appointed shall be
final, conclusive and binding on all parties to the agreement subject to the provisions of the Arbitration Act
1940 or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof and the rules made there under for the time being
in force shall apply to the arbitration proceedings under this clause.
b. The award shall be made in writing and published by the Arbitrator within such time as the Arbitrator may
deem fit and proper.
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c. The Arbitrator shall have power to order and direct either of the parties to abide by, observe and perform
all such directions as the Arbitrator may think fit, having regard to the matters in difference i.e. dispute before
him. The Arbitrator shall have all summary powers and may take such evidence oral and / or documentary, as
the Arbitrator in his absolute discretion thinks fit and shall be entitled to exercise all powers under the Indian
Arbitration Act 1940 including admission of any affidavit as evidence concerning the matter in difference i.e.
dispute before him.
d. The parties against whom the arbitration proceedings have been initiated, that is to say, Respondents in the
proceedings, shall be entitled to prefer a cross-claim, counter-claim or set off before the Arbitrator in respect
of any matter in issue arising out of or in relation to the Agreement without seeking a formal reference or
arbitration to the Director (Marketing) for such Counter-Claim or set off and the Arbitrator shall be entitled to
consider and deal with the same as if the matter arising thereof has been referred to him originally and deemed
to form part of the reference made by Director (Marketing).
e. The Arbitrator shall be at liberty to appoint, if necessary, any Accountant or Engineer or other technical
person to assist him and to act by the opinion so taken.
f. The Arbitrator shall have power to make one or more awards whether interim or otherwise in respect of the
dispute and difference and in particular will be entitled to make separate awards in respect of claims or cross-
claims of the parties.
g. The Arbitrator shall be entitled to direct any of the parties to pay the costs of the other party in such manner
and to such extent as the Arbitrator may in his discretion determine and shall also be entitled to require one
or both the parties to deposit funds in such proportion to meet the Arbitrators expenses whenever called upon
to do so.
h. The parties hereby agree that the Courts in the City of Mumbai alone shall have jurisdiction of entertaining
any application or other proceedings in respect of anything arising under this agreement and any award or
awards made by the sole Arbitrator hereunder shall be filed in the concerned Courts in the city of Mumbai only.
Section 14 - JURISDICTION a) The parties hereby agree that the court in city of Mumbai alone shall have jurisdiction to entertain any
application or any award/s made by the Sole Arbitrator or other proceedings in respect of anything arising under this Agreement.
b) This Agreement covers entire understanding between the parties and no alteration / variation of any of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid unless made with the consent of both the parties and evidenced in writing duly signed by authorized representatives of both the parties.
c) All notices and other communications to be given under this Agreement by either party to the other shall
unless otherwise specifically agreed be given in writing by Registered Post or hand delivery against acknowledgement to the following addresses of the respective parties.
Section 15 - CONFIDENTIALITY
The vendor shall maintain the confidentiality of all data and technical information supplied by the Corporation,
relating to the manufacture / blending of Finished Products, re-packaging of bulk finished products, etc. The
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vendor shall not use the data and technical information for any purpose other than that specified by the
Corporation and shall not disclose any data or technical information to any third party.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by their duly authorized
representatives.
SIGNED for and on behalf of BHARAT PETROLEUMCORPORATION LIMITED by Name: Title: REGIONAL MANAGER (LUBES) SOUTH WITNESSES: 1. 2. SIGNED for and on behalf of M/S. Name: Title : WITNESSES 1. 2.